Donavynn's Birthday

                                               Donavynn and Tim


                                                  My Mr. Strong!




                                                      The party has arrived!

We were very sad that Donavynn was going to have to be in the hospital on his birthday, but thanks to much prayer he did so much better than anyone expected.  The doc's said that only about 1% of kids w/ a gram negative infection come to the hospital looking and acting like Donavynn and recover so fast.  That was good to hear.  He didn't act sick, his only symptom at the time of admit was a fever.  So anyway, Donavynn and I woke up around 8 o'clock and to our surprise Daddy (Dave) was already there, bearing gifts! lol  So we proceeded to let Donavynn open up all his presents.  As soon as we finished the doctor came in to tell us how his ANC was back up, and he was happy w/ how Donavynn was doing so he would talk to Dr. Shore about going home soon.  After that I headed out to the store to get Donavynn the goldfish he had asked for the night before and after learning that they didn't have any nearly had a melt down.  When I got back child life had already been in to decorate his room and deliver his cake.  They had told Dave that the party would be at 11:30.  Just before the party began he received his Erwinia.  At 11:30 child life showed up, one person w/ a guitar and a few nurses and the birthday singing began!  Next, much to our surprise came more presents from the hospital and then the cake.  Donavynn was so happy.  He told me last night that he had a great birthday.  And that was all that mattered to us.  After that Tim and Ann showed up with more presents, and Donavynn was so happy to see his buddy!  While he was there they started his Rocephin and after that we just had to wait for Alterna-care to arrive with his antibiotics to take home.  So I have to give him 6 days of IV antibiotics at home.  We go back to clinic tomorrow for his last Erwinia shot of this cycle, then Thursday he has an LP. Other than that we are just hoping that things go smoothly for awhile now.  As you can see by the photos, Donavynn is holding on to his hair still.  We are surprised considering the HD Ara-C took it all last time in 2 weeks, but time will tell, he has many more infusions of that over the next 6 months.